United States: Selected Issues

August 24, 2001

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United States: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed November 25, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the condition of household, corporate, and bank balance sheets; sustainability of the U.S. external current account deficit; the impact of a slowdown in the growth on the euro area economy; and the implications of the reduction in U.S. treasury securities for monetary policy and financial markets. The study discusses the pros and cons of investing government assets in private securities; the recent changes in agricultural support policy and their impact on other countries; technological innovations and the adoption of new technologies.

Subject: Financial institutions, Financial markets, Labor, Loans, Pensions, Securities, Stock markets, Stocks, Wages

Keywords: Asset, CR, Euro, Euro stat, Europe, Global, Income elasticity, ISCR, Loan rate, Loans, Pensions, Premium, Securities, Skill premium, Stock markets, Stocks, Wage premia, Wage premium

Publication Details

Pages:

110
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2001/149
Stock No:

1USAEA0022001
ISBN:

9781451839586
ISSN:

1934-7685

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